Originally Posted by
Ed Delgado
In regards to WGT we all know who won out, just look at the approved body list or go see a race. What drives me crazy is that a body like the PF Gianna can be legal for the class-a fictional car that does not exist in real life, but a 200mm Ferrari 430 by Tamiya is not!
That has nothing to do with whether bodies are more scale or not, or any bias towards particular companies. It is entirely down to bodies needing to meet the rules and to be sent in for approval to ROAR before they can be added to the list, and it is only the race body manufacturers who can be bothered.
I also can't see Tamiya moulding the part number into the windscreen of their bodies and sending in several bodies, documentation and fees just to get ROAR approval for something that isn't going to make much difference to their sales numbers. In case you question the idea of having the part number moulded into the windscreen, it's there so it's easy to check it is an approved body, to make it easy for ROAR to check if a body has been changed, and to stop manufacturers bending the rules.
Here in the UK we don't do approval for the bodies and are more relaxed over our WGT body rules, so our list has 25 HPI bodies, including the GT40 and Lamborghinis, the Kyosho DBR9 and F430 and the usual Protoform bodies. The Parma DB9 is banned. Everyone still uses just the Sophia and Gianna. Personally I can sort of see how the Sophia could get in, but with the Gianna Protoform haven't even attempted to make it look similar to any full size car.
The front engined only rule in WGT is a case of a sledgehammer to crack a nut. It was put in there to make it impossible to use aero wedge bodies such as the Lolas used on 200mm nitro racing, without thinking about all the mid engined bodies that would be banned. Every rule has its consequences, removing the front engined part to allow the Ferrari 430 means it also opens up the rules for someone to make the Maserati MC12.
It doesn't matter how scale you want the bodies, the end result is that people will be racing against each other and the whole point of racing is to do as well as you can, whether that is winning a big meeting or just beating your friends.
There are not many of us who want to race just for the fun of it and just don't care about results.